By Chloe Edmonds – News Editor

The Jonathan Law Esports Team just completed its fall season. Advocate News Editor Chloe Edmonds interviewed Advisor Ms. Furst about the team’s successes.

Chloe Edmonds: What is the Esports Team? 

Ms. Furst: Esports is a competitive take on video games. Several game makers, organizations, and businesses support the growing hype behind competitive gaming. Connecticut and the CIAC have embraced this new competition and are organizing events and tournaments that go all the way to the collegiate level! At Milford, we are looking to have students start competing in this new budding category and form the sport which we compete in two seasons a year. 

CE: When was the Esports Team founded?

MF: At Jonathan Law we started Esports last year. We just completed our first official fall season.

CE: What games are played? 

MF: We currently offer “Super Smash Bros,” “Mario Kart,” “Splatoon,” “League of Legends,” “Hearthstone,” “Madden,” “NBA2K,” “College Football,” “Street Fighter 8,” “League Of legends,” “Rocket League,” and “Chess.” We hope that the event organizer we work with will expand our options in the near future.

CE: How do the competitions work? 

MF: Currently we do competitions with other schools every week in a Swiss style format. At the end of eight weeks, then teams who qualify for playoffs will then face in a single elimination to see the winner. Most of our competitions are held at Law but we do stream them through milforded.org/esports.

CE: Why should students join the Esports Team?

MF: Esports is an awesome opportunity for students who are looking to develop their gaming skills and to be able to compete at the high school level. Colleges are also building amazing esports programs and are looking for competitive student athletes to join their teams! Even looking past the competitive aspects, it’s a chance to have fun gaming with others and trying out new games.